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Congo Republic's Sassou wins re-election to fifth term with nearly 95% in tightly controlled vote
Incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso won 94.82% of votes amid opposition boycott and arrests, extending his nearly 42-year rule in a tightly controlled election.
- On Tuesday, state television reported President Denis Sassou Nguesso was re-elected with 94.82% of the vote, extending his nearly 42-year rule over the Republic of Congo.
- Main opposition parties boycotted the ballot, citing a lack of transparency, after the 2015 constitutional change removing term and age limits enabled Sassou to run for three additional terms.
- On Sunday, voting was marred by late openings and a nationwide internet blackout, while state television reported 84.65% turnout despite many Brazzaville polling stations having short or no lines and six little-known challengers, with Mabio Mavoungou Zinga, 69, winning 1.48%.
- The Constitutional Court has 15 days to examine challenges after defeated candidates file within five days, as this term is described as his last, focusing on succession.
- Despite recent stabilization and completing a three-year IMF programme last year, Congo faces international probes into family assets and widespread poverty, according to the World Bank.
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Congo-Brazzaville: Congo's Sasso Nguesso Re-Elected President in Tightly Controlled Vote
The Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou N'Guesso has been re-elected with nearly 95 percent of the vote, according to provincial results, extending his nearly 42-year rule over the Central African oil-rich country.
·South Africa
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The irremovable President of the Republic of the Congo quietly offers a fifth term at the age of 82.
·Paris, France
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In the Republic of Congo, long-term President Sassou-Nguesso has been re-elected for another term.
·Germany
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Congo-Brazzaville's Sassou Nguesso is reelected, according to provisional results
Denis Sassou Nguesso, 82, has won a fifth term with 94.8% of the vote, Interior Minister Raymond Zephyrin Mboulou said Tuesday on national television. The provisional results still have to be validated by the constitutional court.
·Paris, France
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Total News Sources79
Leaning Left35Leaning Right2Center14Last UpdatedBias Distribution69% Left
Bias Distribution
- 69% of the sources lean Left
69% Left
L 69%
C 27%
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